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Beyond the Chemical Imbalance: Looking to the Past to Understand the Mental health Crisis

Mad in America

W e are living in an era of unparalleled prosperity, driven by advances in technology that have made the basic necessities of life—food, water, shelter—widely accessible to many. Life in America has generally become easier due to technological advancements. If that were the case, most of us would not be sitting here today.

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The Science on Social Media and Youth Mental Health Is Incomplete — So What Can Parents Do?

Child Mind Intitute

This conversation is part of the Child Mind Institutes webinar series on Technology and Youth Mental Health , which asks how tech might be used to improve mental health outcomes for all young people. Dr. Anderson began with this big question: Is social media causing the youth mental health crisis?

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Building Connections: How Relationships and Time with Peers Can Improve Mental Health

NAMI

At the risk of showing my age, I preface this blog post by saying, "back when I was a kid, all we did was hang out with each other.” Our brains are hardwired to depend on these interactions for our overall mental well-being.

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Students Don’t Need Spying, They Need Trust

Mad in America

Y ouths are facing a mental health crisis. America has a track record of stigmatizing mental health struggles, particularly the mental health struggles of students with historically marginalized identities. But in today’s overly paternalistic culture, schools take away opportunities for self-growth.

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One Therapist’s Take on Lawyer Addiction & Mental Health

Lawyers with Depression

This is a guest blog by Nicole Roder, LCSW-C, a bilingual DBT therapist in Bethesda, MD , certified by the DBT-Linehan Board of Certification. This relentless pace and pressure can take a significant toll on attorneys’ mental and physical health, making it a profession where the risk of substance abuse is notably high.

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Depression as a Loss of Heart

Lawyers with Depression

And our commonly held psychological theories make it hard for people to make direct contact with depression as a living experience, by framing it as an objective mental disorder to be quickly eliminated. Meditators experience this by observing the ceaseless arising and passing away of their mental and emotional states.

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Can Creativity Help You Heal Depression? An Interview with Psychiatrist, Dr. Carrie Barron

Lawyers with Depression

So I think because of technology, which offers us so many great things but gives us much to do. I also believe, especially for children, were in a striving, ambitious, productive time mentality for children and adults. I think thats part of it. We need to play, we need to hang out, we need to have spontaneous time.